Ok folks, let’s say a woman became President. Considering this has never happened before what are your thoughts about a first man? (you know - like how we have a first lady) What would be a good title? First Gentleman? First Husband? …?
Now what should this guy do - sit around, get drunk and go
wooooooo! I’m the first DUDE!! (?) 
Should he have a cause like Save the Children? etc…
Discuss & Tawk…
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The president’s husband should be referred to as Mr. whatever-his-wife’s-last-name-is. His job will be to undo a million years of never having a woman in charge.
Mr. Laura will take on causes such as world peace and creating more male beauty pagents.
-L
My hope is that will eliminate the whoel silly out-dated concept of a “First Lady” or “First Gentleman.” Whatever else people say about Hillary Clinton, she actually did stuff in office, not ceremonial stuff like certain first ladies (I’ll refrain from naming names to avoid that particular debate).
Frankly, I think the whoel “First” things ties into the whole bad old preconception that there is one supporting member of a marriage, and one dependent. Point #1: when I receive mail, from my relatives (for freaking sake, who should know better), addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Finn. Now, I am Joseph Finn. My wife is Darlene O--------. This was noted in our wedding program. My relatives know this. But they still insist on sending invitation in this insulting manner “because it is proper.”
Damn, I can’t wait to rule the world.
And when you do, what would you like Darlene to be called :)?
We’re drifting off topic, but I’d like to point out that the woman taking the man’s last name was not ordained from the foundation of the earth. In the Western tradition it was a novelty a scant 500 years ago. Calling a woman by her husbands FIRST name…I don’t know where that came from. I bet it’s pretty recent.
Drifting further, I find myself unable to refrain from saying: Hillary was hardly the first and I’ll take Eleanor over her any day. Or Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
Drifting back, the depressing thing is it would probably be an issue what to call the First Man. Funny how what sound prefectly natural to call a woman suddenly sound demeaning to apply to a man. Very funny, that.
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And when you do, what would you like Darlene to be called :)?
Why, the Supreme Person, of course 
We’re drifting off topic, but I’d like to point out that the woman taking the man’s last name was not ordained from the foundation of the earth. In the Western tradition it was a novelty a scant 500 years ago. Calling a woman by her husbands FIRST name…I don’t know where that came from. I bet it’s pretty recent.
Drifting further, I find myself unable to refrain from saying: Hillary was hardly the first and I’ll take Eleanor over her any day. Or Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
Eleanor and Edith were fairly low-key, compared to Hillary. And, frankly, Edith was un-constitutional in running the country while here husband was incapicitated.
Eleanor more low-key? Oh my no, I beg to differ. Take into account the difference in times and Hillary could only hope to be half the ballsy broad Eleanor was.
And I never said Edith wasn’t un-constitutional. What’s that got to do with it :)?
We can go back and forth on how low-key Eleanor was. Suffice to say that what she did, she did whole-heartedly and well.
As for my comment about Edith Wilson, it wasn’t meant to be an argument point; I was just making a comment. Sorry for the confusion.